welcome goldiver I CONCUR i have shared many similar experiences. my fascination is this; although its probably retorical , why have many like us seen through this deception whereas our families with much the same upbringing, genes etc cannot? perhaps thats why we involve ourselves with sites like this .
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New here, just wanted to say "Hello"
by Goldiver inhello all, it is nice to have a forum for former jw's and see i wasn't the only one out there having serious doubts.
my parents got into it when i was about 4 years old.
my family was part of the granville ny congregation.. my dad in time became an elder.
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Hi smiddy close but definitely more FRONTAL LOBE!
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Jesus' Teachings - Helpful or Harmful?
by jgnat inspinning off from another thread, have jesus' teachings been less than universally helpful to mankind?
how do we measure if a particular philosophy is helpful or harmful?.
i am going to use the "universal morals" listed here.
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jesus' teachings assumes that what christians perceive to be his teachings are correctly recorded remember jesus wrote not 1 word of the bible i.e. anyone who says [jesus said such and such] should prefix it with the words this or that person says jesus says then you have to believe that these so called holy spirit inspired people got it correct without any personal benefit agenda this all 2000 thousand years ago remember in the last 150 years of so called holy spirit inspired bible students JWs GB not even to mention the intervening 1850 years they have made so many cockups its not even funny lol dont insult your intelligence[to whom it may concern]be true to your own good judgement and live your life according to how you would like to be treated it is definately within your own reasoning no matter what you[or anyone else]thinks are jesus teachings
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Non JW girl with a JW guy
by Accio ini want to talk about my story because i need help and advice and most impirtant a lot of comfort.. one year and a half ago i met a wonderful guy.
he was really nice and supporyed me during hard moments.
i slowly fell in love with him.
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You must realise the man you fell in love with is part himself and part jw if he ever came to realise his jw part is false he may become someone you don't recognise which could be much more traumatic for you in my opinion you should try to meet someone who can give you his whole unadulterated heart good luck to you I hope you get through your hurt soon time is a great healer I know from experience
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Laphroaig might have done the trick HIC! bye for now y'all
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galaxie
Hi y'all thanks for the welcome so far happy at last you must have fed your old ford petrol lol tinged with a wee bit haggis?
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Old fords never die in fact millions of them may never die alas like the sun the gas will eventually run out conclusion? r.I.p old fords any parallels?
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Why does the WT insist that the first five books of the bible were written by Moses?
by marmot inany biblical scholar worth his salt will tell you otherwise, and it's not as if this is a new concept.
as early as the 1700s people were noticing that the first books of the bible had numerous authors.
tell that to an elder, though, and you'll be booted for apostasy faster than you can say spanish inquisition.
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You know the answer! its called delusion to avoid a traumatic change in their thinking which may lead them to actually be in charge of their own lives and reasoning instead of being puppets.Of course if they can manage to tackle the trauma which is by no means easy for some(help being always available by many who have gone through the same circumstances)they may find that life is what they themselves make it and not rely on misguided men with a controlling agenda
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Hi to all at jwn by way of intro I was baptised jw early 60s at 13 years of age by the time I was 15 I was already having doubts and indeed gradually faded completely but because of family still very active my life even up till now has been affected although not too adversely as I definitely! know the ttatt . However I still find it fascinating,(hence my interest in this forum)that so many can still follow this deluded nonsense to the point of shunning loving family members(perhaps more to follow).
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